φάψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to other bird names, such as γῡ́ψ (gū́ps, “vulture”) and σκώψ (skṓps, “owl”); Beekes states that it is clearly related to φᾰ́σσᾰ (phắssă, “pigeon”), and thus Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰáps/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰaps/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸaps/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfaps/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfaps/

Noun

φᾰ́ψ • (phắps) f (genitive φᾰβός); third declension

wild pigeon

Declension

Third declension of ἡ φᾰ́ψ; τῆς φᾰβός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φᾰ́ψ hē phắps	τὼ φᾰ́βε tṑ phắbe	αἱ φᾰ́βες hai phắbes
Genitive	τῆς φᾰβός tês phăbós	τοῖν φᾰβοῖν toîn phăboîn	τῶν φᾰβῶν tôn phăbôn
Dative	τῇ φᾰβῐ́ tēî phăbĭ́	τοῖν φᾰβοῖν toîn phăboîn	ταῖς φᾰψῐ́ / φᾰψῐ́ν taîs phăpsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὴν φᾰ́βᾰ tḕn phắbă	τὼ φᾰ́βε tṑ phắbe	τᾱ̀ς φᾰ́βᾰς tā̀s phắbăs
Vocative	φᾰ́ψ phắps	φᾰ́βε phắbe	φᾰ́βες phắbes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

φᾰβοκτόνος (phăboktónos)
φᾰβοτῠ́πος (phăbotŭ́pos)

Descendants

→ Translingual: Phaps